The Unspun News for American Citizens · Tuesday, October 13, 2026 06:13 AM EDT

Noise removed — for independent thinkers.

Omar · Houthis · Ukraine · Sanctions · Golf · Detainers · IMF · Execution · Pakistan · Guilfoyle

Executive Summary

Federal agents searched a member of Congress’s home before dawn Monday. Homeland Security Investigations agents carried out a court-approved warrant at Rep. Ilhan Omar’s house in Washington. The Justice Department called it part of an ongoing criminal investigation. The case concerns immigration papers her late father filed when she was a child. Omar called it an “outrageous abuse of power.” President Trump said the matter belongs to the Justice Department. No charges have been filed.

In Washington, Judge Ana Reyes halted tree cutting at a historic public golf course after crews felled 430 trees over the weekend. She said Justice Department lawyers had “lost credibility.” Homeland Security said New York declined 16,070 immigration detainers since January 2025, and Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office disputed its account. Trump said he is “looking at” firing Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle. The military’s Catholic archbishop urged troops to step away from Nidal Hasan’s planned firing squad. The IMF raised its world growth forecast to 3.1% but warned of an AI stock correction.

Abroad, the Houthis kept firing at Saudi Arabia and say they are answering Saudi strikes in Yemen. Riyadh vowed an “equally serious” response. Trump said his energy truce holds despite “violations on both sides.” Kyiv said Russia hit six energy sites, and the EU adopted its largest Russia sanctions list. Reyes’s hearing resumes at 2 p.m. Tuesday. The country opens Tuesday with a warrant at a lawmaker’s door, an order at a golf course gate and a truce at a power plant fence, three thresholds where the next step belongs to someone else.

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